Paper holder



April -22, 1952 R v, JONES 2,593,762

2 PAPER HOLDER Filed June 10, 1949 I N VEN TOR.

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Patented Apr. 22, 1952 UNITED STATES- FATENT QFFIGE'.

2,593,762 mesa HOLDER Ralph V. Jonealompanp i la. Application June-', 1949; Serial=No:- 98,349

ao i s. (o1. ace-iii This invention relates to paper holders, and;-

more particularly to a, holder for a stack ofprecut sheets of tissue paper such as are used for wrapping individual pieces of fruits, ve etables, etc. preparatory to packingthe same in shipping containers.

The invention resides in theprovision of a,

holder which may be used in'the orchard or other field locality; where the articles to be wrapped are harvested so that said articles may have-the protective paper wrapper applied there: mat the earliest possible time after the articles are plucked.

Therefore an object of the invention is to 10120:

vide atransportablepaper holder which maybe moved from place to-place.as the harvesting procee s Another object of the. invention lies'in pro-; viding a holder with an open tOpand. front forv rapidv insertion of a stackof precut sheets ofpaper,

A further object resides in the provision ofagravity actuated needle-like impaler-for securing the provision of a pivoted member serving as a weight and exerting its forceonthe stack oi sheets adjacent the forward edge thereof whereb O maintain the sheets 'inhorizontal position for ready extraction-at the time o'f'their use, this being desirable as and when'there is .a movement .1

of air sufiicient to rufiie or raise the upper sheets in the stack.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will"be apparent from the following description of the preferred form of holder construction particularly illustrated in the drawings, it being understood that variations of said construction are possible within the scope of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals designate like parts in all of the views,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a holder made in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the holder, said view being taken as on the line 2-2 of t Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged partial vertical sectional view, similar to Fig. 2, showingto better adyan; tage the slidable mounting of the impaler;

Fig. -4 is a. detail sectional view, illustrating the impaler. held in suspended or raised: position; =1 as when. a. stack of. paper sheets is, to; be loaded into theholder; and

Fig. 5.is a. detail view, partly, in section, illus;

trating the-1 construction of the (lower end oi the impaler.

The holder is a box-like receptacle comprising a floor 2, two parallel spaced side walls, 3 and;4;- rising therefrom, and arearrwall .5 connecting. said side walls, leaving entirely open the topand:

front of the holder. The upper edge ofeach: side wall may be formed as desired, there bei-nggshownj: in Fig.1 1 a. long oblique formation in full lines,

and-therebeing. indicated: in dotted lines a for.-v

mationmore parallel to the floor with only, the,

'I he vertical. walls may be of sheet metal or other thin mate;

front edge portion made. oblique.

rial, and the floor may be of any suitable thickness. and material to. give the requisite stability to the holder, the general dimensions of the holder being: in, accordance with: theisize and-: quantity of the paper sheets (indicated by the: numeral .6).:to. be stacked therein.- The-holder may-behung or. otherwise. supported: in any, suit:

able and desired manner, there being illustrated-i for example only a hole. 1 in thezupper portion" of therear wall forengagement withi'a' fixedzn'aii or other member upon which the holder may; be hung quickly, and readily;

stackof, sheets; The'forward endsuch :as; [2 of each arm is preferably slightly inturned as shown and is suitably formed for smooth and relative sliding contact with the uppermost sheet of the stack. These arms are preferably of metal and/ or are of sufficient weight to hold down the uppermost sheets of the stack, and thus prevent air currents from rufiiing or raising said'sheets when the holder is used outdoors. By their pivoted mounting, said arms are capable of automatically maintaining contact with the uppermost sheet of the stack regardless of how many sheets have been previously abstracted.

Suitable means are provided on the rear wall for slidably supporting a vertical impaler generally identified by the numeral l5. One such means is illustrated as comprising a forwardly extending flange I6 formed at the upper portion of the rear wall, and a bracket [1 rigidly secured centrally of said rear wall below said flange. Said flange is apertured to slidingly receive the impaler 15. The lower bracket 11 has its forwardly extending flange portion likewise apertured to slidingly receive said impaler, both flanges being spaced apart to suitably guide said impaler, the apertures of both flanges being in registration with each other to maintain the impaler vertically.

The impaler comprises preferably a round metallic rod, in the lower end of which is inset (and secured as by the set-screw l8) a needlelike prick 19 the sharpened end of which will readily penetrate (due to the weight of the rod) only the uppermost few of the sheets of the stack,

this slight penetration in conjunction. with the weight of the arms such as H being suflficient to maintain all of the sheets in stack formation. The prick I9 is coaxial with the impaler rod l5. Just above the set-screw I8, said rod is provided with a circumferential groove 20 preferably having square shoulders which (upon canting or tilting said rod) are engageable with the edge of the aperture in the flange of the lower bracket H, whereby said rod may be supported in elevated position when a stack of paper sheets is inserted or loaded in the holder (see Fig. 4). This impaler thus differs from heretofore known structures which have to be pushed or driven through an entire stack of sheets, in that the prick I9 is of very small diameter and very sharp, and by the weight of the impaler alone will automatically penetrate the few uppermost sheets of tissue paper and thus hold the entire stack in the holder. Also, said prick engages the sheets closely adjacent the rear edges thereof so that the slight forward pull required to abstract the uppermost sheet will cause the minimum of tear of said sheet thereby substantially causing no impairment of the sheet next below.

To aid in keeping the inturned lower and forward end l2 of the arm II in flat contact with the uppermost sheet of the stack, the opposite orupper end of the arm may be bent as shown to contactingly engag the inner surface of its associated side wall such as 4, and thereby prevent a lateral rocking movement of said arm 4 vary the details of construction and arrangements of parts without departing from the spirit of this invention wherefore it is desired not to be limited to the exact foregoing disclosure except as may be required by the claims.

What is claimed is,

1. A holder for a stack of paper sheets, comprising a floor for supporting the stack, a wall rising from said floor, said wall adapted to retain the stack of sheets in substantially edgewise superposed alignment with each other, said wall having a flange provided with an aperture, and means responsive solely to the urge of gravity for retaining the stack of sheets in the holder until individually and successively abstracted therefrom, said means comprising an impaler operative only upon the uppermost few sheets of the about its pivotal support. The arm is pivoted at f a point such that, when the arm is raised for insertion of a new stack of sheets, said arm will pass the vertical plane passing through the axis of the pivot and'come to rest against the edge of the upper flange 16 (see Fig. 4) and thus be maintained in its raised position so as to leave the. hands of the operator free for loading the new stack.

It. is obvious that those skilled in the art may stack adjacent the rear edge thereof, said impaler slidably supported within the aperture of the flange of said Wall, said impaler having a groove formed in the side thereof, said groove being cooperative with the edge of the aperture of said flange for retaining the impaler in elevated position while loading the holder with a stack of sheets.

2. A holder for a stack of paper sheets, comprising a floor for supporting the stack, a wall rising from said floor, said wall adapted to retain the stack of sheets in substantially edgewise superposed alignment with each other, said wall having a flange provided'with an aperture, and means responsive solely to the urge of gravity for retaining the stack of sheets in the holder until individually and successively abstracted therefrom, said means comprising an impaler operative only upon the uppermost few sheets of the stack adjacent to the rear edge thereof, said impaler slidably supported within the aperture of the flange of said wall, and interlocking means between the lower end of said rod and the bracket cooperating when the rod is raised a predetermined distance therein to hold said rod in elevated position above said sheets.

RALPH v. JONES.

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